Last month Frontier Foundry and developer KeokeN announced Deliver Us Mars, a sequel to the well-received atmospheric puzzle-adventure game Deliver Us the Moon. The game’s first teaser trailer was purely cinematic, but it seemed to hint at a larger, more ambitious game, and a new Xbox Wire article largely confirms this.
Deliver Us Mars takes place 10 years after the events of Deliver Us the Moon, and Frontier promises “threads and characters” from the first game are returning. They also promise more cinematic storytelling, with full motion-captured cutscenes (the first game mostly told its story through gameplay, with any cutscenes being very simple). As the trailer implies, you’ll also actually have the ability to traverse the surface of Mars this time around, with Frontier saying there will be a climbing system for scrambling past the rocky bits. Overall, it definitely sounds like Frontier’s backing is really allowing KeokeN to expand their scope and vision with Deliver Us Mars. Need to know more about the game? Here are its key features…
Sequel to the award-winning Deliver Us The Moon, Deliver Us Mars is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure offering an immersive astronaut experience. Explore new frontiers on a suspense-fueled, high-stakes mission to recover the ARK colony ships stolen by the mysterious Outward.
- A Bold New Mission - Ten years after the Fortuna mission, humanity is closer than ever to extinction. After a mysterious distress call from Mars, join the Zephyr and its crew as they journey to the red planet and seek to recover the ARK colony ships stolen by the mysterious Outward, and with them, ensure the survival of the human race.
- Out of this World Gameplay - Journey from Earth to the surface of Mars and endure its harsh and unforgiving terrain as you hope discover the secrets of Outward. Use both brains and brawn to overcome mental and physical challenges, find the ARKs, and uncover the motivations of those behind the distress call that brought you here.
- A Handcrafted Experience - Experience a highly polished and absorbing narrative experience packed with engaging gameplay. Every moment is handcrafted, delivering a suspense-filled, emotion-fueled narrative alongside music from award-winning composer Sander Van Zanten, state-of-the-art motion capture, stunning graphics and real-time ray traced shadows and reflections, powered by Unreal Engine.
Deliver Us Mars ventures onto PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5 sometime “soon.”
